Thanks, Mark. That's good to know. I guess the patch came about when someone replaced it. Wonder where to start looking for the turn signal LEDS? Jim On Jun 10, 2006, at 3:16 PM, mark drillock wrote: > That component is the voltage stabilizer. It has nothing to do with > the turn signals but it does provide the supply voltage for the > temp and fuel gauges. > > It is a 10 volt regulator. It takes the variable 12-14 volts from > the battery circuit and turns it into a stable 10 volts for the 2 > gauges. This prevents them from reading differently under various > conditions. Without it the gauges would read differently at night > or when the heater or headlights were on. > > Mark > > Jim Felder wrote: > >> I just removed the instrument cluster (didn't come with the car, I >> bought it on ebay about a year ago because it had an accurate fuel >> gauge) on my 83 diesel westy. Looking at the back of it just then >> when I brought it inside for safekeeping, I see that behind the clock >> side, on the back of the nacelle, is a connnector block on one side >> and an electronic component, affixed with a single screw, on the >> other. >> >> It is this electrical component I am asking about. It has three leads >> coming out of it, two of which are messily soldered two leads coming >> out of the blue cable. The middle of the three leads is connected to >> nothing. I can make out the letters TCA 700Y on the component, but >> other numbers are unreadable. >> >> What is this, and does it have anything to do with the fact that my >> temp and turn signal LEDs don't work? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jim >> >> > > > |
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